Providing true Hi-Fi quality and plug-and-play usability, the playGo AP1 is a fully featured audio player platform that combines DLNA support with AirPlay technology in one elegant package that seamlessly transmits superior audio from almost all media sources.

ENGADGET: Bicom turns to Kickstarter to fund its new playGo AP1 AirPlay device

At the moment, downloading a song at hi-fi quality over the Internet can take several times as long as playing it, but a number of small companies have set up as online distributors, in the hope that Internet connections will get faster in the next few years.

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